PARTONE TDS
markers on cardboard paper
30.5x23cm
Signed and dated 2018 on the back
careful shipping with insurance
PART ONE began to paint at the age of 11, issued from spanish harlem, he embarked on the adventure of the New York subway in 1974. He then alternated between bubble style and mechanical style until 1976 to finally invent his own style which he himself calls "mechanical swirl". Thanks to the book “Subway art”, this style becomes that of the first wave of European graffiti artists. PART ONE defines itself as an expressionist aerosol. he was also the president of the very famous "death squad" in new york in the 70s. It was the time when artists had to be part of a gang and when it was not allowed to paint on a wall. 'an area controlled by another gang. Her work appears in martha cooper's book "hip hop files".